[EM] What's wrong with the party list system?

[padraigdelgado at yahoo.co.uk]

Hi Kathy,

I can't speak for the person who said it on this list but the primary reason for most people is that it gives control to party elites - those who select the party candidates and decide order on which they come on said list.

Personally I think there are many ways to overcome that problem, and it can be a good method.
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From: Kathy Dopp <kathy.dopp at gmail.com>
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Subject: [EM] What's wrong with the party list system?

Someone from Europe on this list recently said that they did not like
the party list system.  Why not?  Party list seems like a fair, simple
system of electing legislators who represent people in approximately
the same proportion that they exist in the electorate.  I have not
found a better-sounding proportional system yet. So, what's wrong with
the party list system?

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